Listening Quiz III

Romantic Period (ca. 1790-1910): Early Romantic (1790-1848) and Late Romantic (1848-1910)

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Symphony no. 7 in a-minor (2nd movement, 1811), Symphony in
    four movements, Instrumental, Orchestra, homophonic, ternary form, simple duple meter (2/4),
    minor key, Beethoven’s 2nd period.
  2. Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Erlkönig in g-minor (‘The Erlking’, 1815), Lied (Song), Instrumental and
    Vocal (1 voice depicting four characters), strophic form, miniature, simple quadruple or common
    time (4/4), minor key.
  3. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata in E-major (1st movement, 1820), piano,
    instrumental, sonata in three movements, sonata form, simple duple (2/4-meter), major key,
    Beethoven’s 3rd period.
  4. Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in F-sharp (Op. 15, no. 2, 1831), Nocturne, Instrumental,
    piano, free binary form (a, a’, b, c, a”, coda), miniature, simple duple meter (2/4), major key.
  5. Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), Fantastic Symphony (Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, 5th movement, 1830),
    Program symphony, Instrumental, large orchestra, symphony in five movements, homophonic, selfsustaining free form in four sections, common time (4/4) and compound duple (6/8), minor key.
  6. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Rigoletto (Act III, Scene I, 1851), Opera in 3 acts, Aria and orchestral
    recitatives, Form (recitative, aria, recitative, quartet, quartet, recitative), Vocal and Instrumental,
    Orchestra, Vocal ensembles (quartets), Aria ‘La donna è mobile’ in simple triple meter (3/8) and major
    key, Quartet ‘Bella figlia dell’amore’ in common time (4/4) and major key.
  7. Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Walkyrie (Act I, Scene I, ‘Siegmund and Sieglinde Scene, 1851-1856),
    Music drama in 3 acts, concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), leitmotif (leading motive),
    vocal and instrumental, flowing orchestral recitatives (climaxes), simple triple meter, minor key with
    continuous modulations.
  8. Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), Pictures at an Exhibition (‘Bydlo’ Cattle, 4th movement, 1874), short orchestral miniature, the work is as programmatic suite in different parts (ten short orchestral miniatures), orchestra, simple duple meter (2/4), minor key.
  9. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Symphony no. 1 ‘Titan’ (3rd movement, 1888), Symphony in four
    movements, musical form (4 sections: 1. funeral march, 2. Bohemian folkloric and klezmer dancing
    passages, 3. Trio, 4. March), common time (4/4), minor key